B.E.C. Acquires Caldwell Heater
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REDUCED cylinder wear, instant starting, removal of the need for garage heating, and a diminished stress on the batteries and starter are a few of the advantages that accrue from the employment of an engine-cooling-water heater. An excellent example of such a device is the Caldwell thermo-electric heater. This apparatus, in an improved form, is now being marketed by B.E.C. (British Electrical Corporation), Ltd., Aldwych House, London, W.C.2.
It consists of a compact and well. made unit, incorporating an electric heating element, designed to clamp on to the chassis frame, adjacent to the power unit, no drilling being necessary for its installation. It is provided with two armoured-hose connections, one of which communicates with the cylinder jacket and the other with the bottom of the radiator. Current is supplied from the mains, and, to enhance the useful purpose served by the heater, a Westric rectifier is normally included in the system, so that batteries may be charged up by the flow of electricity through the heater.
The B.E.C. has only recently taken over the Caldwell patent thermo-electric engine heater and battery charger, the name under which it is marketed, and has not yet completed arrangements for its distribution. The concern already has, however, a large number of satisfied users, which includes many important fire brigades, several prominent operators, and the Admiralty, Portsmouth. The current consumption of the apparatus is low, it is claimed to have a long life, and the price, to the user, has been provisionally fixed at about 27 7s.